Spotted this en route to a delivery last week. Had another delivery for him today so the 241 made the trip. Fresh cutting back from the wires. Black birch and a black locust probably cut three years ago give or take. Bark falling off. On a steep hill made it more challenging.. Luckily just enough room to park safely as its a busy state highway. Close to a half cord for the load. Left some BL at the top as it was not worth the risk.
I had stopped real quick on the way back last week to be sure. Passing it quick and stopping to actually see it's close up are two different things.
I have a customer who likes BB so he gets a cord of it provided I scrounge enough of it. This will start his 26-27 tally.
Nice score Brad and yes that’s steep. Cameras usually don’t pick up steep well so when they do,,,,,,,
These trees were cut 3yrs ago. The black birch was left in a log, Birch rots quickly, as I understand. Was there any rot?
Big question here is.........if the scrounge had to be carried uphill instead of downhill, would you still have attempted it?
Birch was fresh cut and I initially (last week) thought the BL was too until I saw the weathered end cuts yesterday. Ill take the BL either way. EDIT: I just reread it and should have worded it better.
Big answer here.........I have in the past, but not on a hill that steep. I prefer gravity to work with me and at my age its not. Im sure you can relate!
I quit working on steep slopes many moons ago. The last time I did some cutting on a riverbank I said enough...after I was able to get up again. This old wrecked body does not do that stuff any more.
Split the load off the truck this morning. Birch Locust. Some serious creepy crawlies found in the birch. That's my pinky in the last pic!
